Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1887-06-30
HonestY and Hrpocrisr.

The talk Of the eminent Republicans Of
Massachusetts, at the banquet given in Fa
neuil Hall to the Robert Z. Lee Camp Of
Confederate Veterans may fairly be supposed
TO represent their honest feelings. Gentle.
men do not lie or dissemble in the presence
of their opponents and reserve their real
sentiments for occasions when they are
absent 1t is interesting to Contrast the
fraternal and patriotic words towards Vir-
ginia, as spoken to Virginians, with the Ian
guage of distrust and denunciation employed
upon every occasion that has political
bearing. Said Gov. Ames:
The time has gone by, trust, never to re-
turn, when Massachusetts and Virginia will
fail to appreciate and understand each other.
Applause. In the long future that unrolls
before the Republic, the people of the old
Bay State and the people of the Old Domin-
ion have to work out common destiny. The
bond of the Union links us together in the
greatest partnership, the mightiest league of
States that the world has ever seen. For
Virginia, Massachusetts has only the kindest
feelings and the best wishes, and / am glad
that it is my privilege to say SO here and now
in this historic place, and in the presence of
those from the "Old Dominion who so well
represent the people of that State and the
spirit of its institutions.
Senator Hoar-he of the bitter tongue
upon the stump-began by saying:
The man who speaks for Massachusetts to-
night has but one duty, That is to express
her cordial affection for Virginia. We have
learned respect for each other. You have
learned something of the Puritan. You have
hat in
steadfast breast which confronted yours, and
generosity in the stout heart where there was
no room for resentment when the strife was
over. Cheers. We both delight to remem-
Der that there is no drop of blood on the
American flag which was shed in peace. No
man where that flag floats ever died for
political offense under the authority of which
it is the emblem. Great cheers. We, too,
have learned to know as we never knew be-
fore the quality of the noble Southern stock
what courage in war; what attachment to
home and State; what capacity for great af-
lection and generous emotion; what aptness
for commando; above all, what constancy-
that virtue beyond all virtues, without which
no people can long be either great or free.
Applause.] tt
The Senator further declared that
Mr.. Secretary Lamar, in his oration at the
unveiling of the statue of Calhoun at Charles
ton, for which / am happy to take this occa-
sion to express my admiration, does not
lexaggerate when he declared that the late
appeal to arms ''has led to the indissolubility
of the American Union and the universally
of American freedom
If these things are so-and no intelligent
man honestly doubts them-what reason or
justice is there in the old war alarms which
these same Republicans ring whenever an
election is approaching? What dangerous
significance, even, could there have been in
the return to the Southern States of the
moth-eaten emblems of their defeat-un-
necessary and outrageous as such action
would be from a sentimental point of view?
The people have not failed to observe that
in all public, business and social relations
the Republican leaders act as Gov. Ames and
Senator Hoar talk-as though every result of
the war were unaltersbly secure and the
Southern men again loyal and trustworthy
fellow-citizens. It is only when they think
votes can be made by stirring up the old war
spirit that they take different tone, and
proceed on the theory that "there is one more
President in the bloody shirt"
They found out their mistake once. They
are likely to have their hypocrisy more
emphatically rebuked next time. ~ e4